• And time brings down what is both strong and tall. But plants new set to be eradicate, And buds new blown, to have so short a date, Is by his hand alone that guides nature and fate.

    Anne Bradstreet: And time brings down what is both strong and tall.
But plants new set to be eradicate,
And buds new blown, to have so short a date,
Is by his hand alone that guides nature and fate.
    Anne Bradstreet, Jeannine Hensley (1967). “The Works of Anne Bradstreet”, p.17, Harvard University Press